Archives for July 4, 2017

‘Burhan Wani’s death is changing Kashmir’s ground reality. After the first rush in 1989, when insurgency took root, the locals are once again outnumbering what the security establishment refers to as ‘foreign terrorists’. Toufiq Rashid Shopian/Anantnag: When 16-year-old Ubaid Shafi Malla got distinction in class 10 and 12, his parents saw a future doctor in […]

Azhar Qadri Srinagar, July 03:The number of conflict-related deaths in Kashmir is seeing a renewed increase with the emergence of a new generation of mostly home-grown militants, who are being aided by sympathetic local population. Killings of more than a hundred civilians, militants, and security personnel in the first half of this year is continuing […]

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprised of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik Tuesday issued a protest calendar in connection with the first death anniversary of popular militant commander Burhan Wani. Burhan was killed last year at the hands of government forces triggering a massive uprising in the valley. The leaders […]

SRINAGAR: Thousands of people on Tuesday participated in the funeral prayers of Jehangir Ahmad Khanday, who was killed along with two more militants in a gunfight with forces in Bahmnoo village of Pulwama in south Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that the funeral prayers were held five times to accommodate the huge rush of people […]